Montclair Kimberley 2, North Warren 0
MONTCLAIR â€” The Patriots allowed two goals in the last six minutes to fall to Montclair Kimberley Academy on Thursday.
Alex Reynolds scored the first goal for MKA with 5:36 left while Jasmine Cole followed three minutes later. Molly Peek did not have to make a save for MKA, as all three North Warren shots went wide of the cage.
NW 0 0 â€” 0
MK 0 2 â€” 2
Goals: MKA â€” Alex Reynolds, Jasmine Cole
Saves: NW â€” Madison Moore 14; MKA â€” Molly Peek 0
Team records: North Warren 5-11-1, MKA 7-10

Mount. St. Maryâ€™s 1,Â North Warren 0 (OT)
BLAIRSTOWN â€” North Warren allowed Mount St. Maryâ€™s Katie Murray to score a goal with 35 seconds left in overtime to fall, 1-0, on Wednesday at North Warren High School.
Murray scored the game-winner during a Mount St. Maryâ€™s penalty corner.
The Patriots had a number of chances to end it in regulation, taking five shots on goal in the last 10 minutes. The Patriots took three more shots in overtime before Murray ended it.
Madison Moore had six saves for the Patriots.
MSM 0 0 1 â€” 1
NW 0 0 0 â€” 0
Goals: MSM â€” Katie Murray
Saves: MSM â€” Alyssa Torres 8; NW â€” Madison Moore 6
Team records: Mount St. Maryâ€™s 4-8, North Warren 5-7-1

North Warren 3, Sparta 0 (HWS Preliminary Round)
SPARTA â€” Kayla Devaney scored two goals in the second half to lead North Warren to a 3-0 win over Sparta in its Hunterdon Warren Sussex tournament preliminary round game on Monday.
Devaney put in both of her goals from the post off passes from Laura Gessler during two penalty-corner opportunities by the Patriots. Gessler also added a goal for North Warren during the first half.
Madison Moore earned her fourth shutout of the year, only needing to make one save for North Warren, which has a 4-4-1 record after a winless 2010 season.
The Patriots advance into the first round and will travel to top-seeded Warren Hills on Friday.
NW 1 2 â€” 3
Sp 0 0 â€” 0
Goals: NW â€” Laura Gessler, Kayla Devaney 2
Assists: NW â€” Kali Thies, Gessler 2
Saves: NW â€” Madison Moore 1; Sp â€” Jakiee Quinn 10
Team records: North Warren 4-4-1, Sparta 0-8

North Warren 1,Â Blair Academy 1 (OT)
BLAIRSTOWN â€” Giuliana Lorusso scored a goal as time expired to help the Patriots earn a tie with township rival Blair Academy on Saturday.
Lorusso flung the ball into the cage off a Kaitlin Bertholf pass that came off a penalty corner dish from Kayla Devany to force overtime. The Patriots got outshot, 6-4, by the Buccaneers in the overtime period, but neither could come up with the winning goal.
Madision Moore made 13 saves for the Patriots while Kate Anello had nine for Blair, which got its goal from Sierra Yit with 18:10 left in the second half.
BA 0 1 0 â€” 1
NW 0 1 0 â€” 1
Goals: BA â€” Sierra Yit; NW â€” Giuliana Lorusso
Assists: BA â€” Haven Donovan; NW â€” Kaitlin Bertholf
Saves: BA â€” Kate Anello 9; NW â€” Madison Moore 13
Team record: North Warren 2-1-1

North Warren 3, North Plainfield 0
NORTH PLAINFIELD â€” Jess Towey flung in the first goal of her career and finished with two on the day to guide the Patriots past North Plainfield Thursday at North Plainfield, 3-0.
Towey delivered her first goal eight minutes into the first half, thanks to a Jenna Norgard cross pass in front of the cage.
Then after assisting teammate Giuliana Lorusso on a goal to open the second half, Towey put in her second score on another cross-pass assist from Norgard with five minutes left in the game.
Madison Moore stopped four shots in the Patriotsâ€™ shutout.
North Warren 3, North Plainfield 0
NW 1 2 â€” 3
NP 0 0 â€” 0
Goals: NW â€” Jess Towey 2, Giuliana Lorusso
Assists: NW â€” Jenna Norgard 2, Towey
Saves: NW â€” Madison Moore 4; NP â€” Velazquez 12
Team records: North Warren 2-1, North Plainfield 0-3

North Warren
Coach: Laura Elmo (second season)
Last season’s record: 0-19
Key returners: Madison Moore (Sr., G), Giuliana Lorusso (Sr., MF)
Key losses: None
Top newcomers: Kali Thies (So., MF), Jess Towey (Fr., F)
Outlook: Instead of letting a winless 2010 derail their determination, the inexperienced Patriots went out and did something about it. Second-year coach Laura Elmo is excited about the strides her team has made since the end of last year after her players took part in summer camps to get some more experience. “We needed that,” she said. “They’re fired up and ready to start playing. They want to get out and show everyone they have improved.” With seven seniors and 14 freshmen heading into 2011, the program seems to be heading in the right direction. “We had troubles with numbers last year,” Elmo said. “It’s nice to see so many young girls come out. It’s a good sign.”

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Carl Barbati returned to the sports editor's desk in 2012, having served as Herald sports editor in 2002-03. In between, he was sports editor of The Trentonian, where he was later named editor of the entire daily newspaper.

After majoring in journalism at Boston University, Carl returned home to the Garden State and wrote news and sports for several New Jersey dailies. He spent over 15 years with Gannett newspapers, where he covered everything from little league to the New York Yankees.

Among his favorite assignments were the hundreds of boxing matches he covered in New York and Atlantic City. He still considers Mike Tyson the most "interesting" athlete he ever met, and remembers the time Tyson gave a hassled waitress in a boardwalk coffee shop a $500 tip for a $15 check, telling her: "You work hard. I've got it easy next to you."

Carl returned to the Herald convinced that, now more than ever, local journalism from a strong local source is vital. Having met his journalist wife, Sally, in a newsroom, they continue today to dissect each other's every sentence.

Anthony Spaulding joined the New Jersey Herald sports staff in July 2010 after writing as a freelancer for The Pocono Record, The Daily Item and The Daily Times newspapers.

A sports fanatic since he was a child, Anthony was inspired to kick off a sports-reporting career as early as his sophomore year in high school. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with an emphasis in Sports Journalism and a minor in Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University, he covers high school soccer, field hockey, cross country, wrestling, swimming, baseball, track and field and gold in Sussex County and its surrounding areas. In addition, he helps cover football, basketball and volleyball, along with local sport stories.

Anthony grew up in Pleasant Mount, Pa. In his spare time, he hangs out with his wife, Ashley, watches almost every sport on television and plays golf, basketball and fantasy sports.

Peter Stein joined The Herald sports department in February, 2010. He is the beat writer for football, basketball, softball and tennis.

Peter began his sports writing career in 1990 with an upstate New York daily newspaper called The Evening News. Peter has since worked as a sports writer and editor for The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.), served as Sports Editor for The Gazette (Port Jervis, N.Y.) and The News Eagle (Hawley, Pa.), worked as a freelance sports writer for Newsday, and covered the NBA, NFL and Division 1 college football for various websites.

Peter has also dabbled in stand-up comedy, and worked on phone banks during the last two presidential campaigns. Peter writes a blog about Pro Sports for the Herald called Pros Prose.